After All of the Account Balances Have Been Extended to the Income

question 66

Multiple Choice

After all of the account balances have been extended to the Income Statement columns of the work sheet, the totals of the debit and credit columns are $77,500 and $83,900, respectively. What is the amount of the net income or net loss for the period?

• A) $6,400 net income
• B) $6,400 net loss
• C) $83,900 net income
• D) $77,500 net loss

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Definitions:

Variable Costing

An accounting method that only includes variable production costs (costs that change with the level of output) in the cost of goods sold and treats fixed costs as period costs.

Manufacturing Costs

The total costs incurred in the process of producing or manufacturing goods.

Absorption Costing

An accounting approach that factors in every manufacturing expense, like direct materials, direct labor, and both types of overhead (variable and fixed), into the product pricing.

Variable Costing

A costing method in which all variable manufacturing costs are included as inventory costs, while fixed manufacturing overhead is treated as an expense in the period incurred.